Crawfish synonyms
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shellfish (related)
Any of various edible aquatic invertebrate animals having a shell, especially mollusks such as clams and oysters, and crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Any of a subphylum (Crustacea) of arthropods, including shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and lobsters, that usually live in the water and breathe through gills: they have a hard outer shell and jointed appendages
A crustacean of the family Palinuridae.
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small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
To withdraw; make a retreat
(Intransitive) To move in a direction opposite where one is facing, keeping some (most) of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.
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make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
lobster (related)
shrimp (related)
barramundi (related)
A crustacean superficially resembling a true lobster, belonging to the Palinuridae family.
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